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IF YOU are contemplating it as a home defense round.. why do you need either of them?
Inside a standard sized room in a standard sized house, ANY 12 ga round will perform admirably.
At 10-12 feet a 7 1/2 won't open any more than a 00 buck load and you will not have the potential issue of over-penetrating the target. AND, I can guarantee they will put someone down. I responded to a potential robber who was dusted by a Browning sweet 16 with a skeet load at 20 feet in a restaurant. It was just one large rathole... with no exit. So any 12 ga load will work fine.
IF you are using it inside the house, a slug??? Really??? do you want to kill someone three rooms away after it smokes through the BG? OR, if you live in a tight neighborhood where the houses are close together, you could exit your house and do damage next door. It has happened.
Just throw'n it out there.
Inside a standard sized room in a standard sized house, ANY 12 ga round will perform admirably.
At 10-12 feet a 7 1/2 won't open any more than a 00 buck load and you will not have the potential issue of over-penetrating the target. AND, I can guarantee they will put someone down. I responded to a potential robber who was dusted by a Browning sweet 16 with a skeet load at 20 feet in a restaurant. It was just one large rathole... with no exit. So any 12 ga load will work fine.
IF you are using it inside the house, a slug??? Really??? do you want to kill someone three rooms away after it smokes through the BG? OR, if you live in a tight neighborhood where the houses are close together, you could exit your house and do damage next door. It has happened.
Just throw'n it out there.